Structure and Zero Asymptotics of Differential Operators Associated with ${\Xi}_n$ and ${\Lambda}_n$
Abstract
We study the second-order differential operators and associated with the rescaled polynomial families and , and more generally the polynomial sequences generated by iterating these operators from an arbitrary linear initial datum . We establish structural properties of and , including factorizations into first-order operators, weighted divergence forms, formal self-adjointness, and hypergeometric descriptions of the corresponding formal eigenvalue equations. We also show that both operators preserve hyperbolicity, preserve zeros in for , and preserve proper position. For the iterated polynomial sequences, we derive explicit closed formulae in terms of the auxiliary families and , prove strict interlacing of consecutive zeros under explicit conditions on , and obtain asymptotic formulae for the normalized logarithmic derivatives. As a consequence, the associated zero counting measures converge weakly to the same limiting probability measure as in the auxiliary case.
Cite
@article{arxiv.2604.13117,
title = {Structure and Zero Asymptotics of Differential Operators Associated with ${\Xi}_n$ and ${\Lambda}_n$},
author = {Luc Ramsès Talla Waffo},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2604.13117},
year = {2026}
}